Here’s an example from me

If you want to de-normalize a nation’s state/government, call them

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a regime


Other examples include: hospital --> loony bin

Edit: the more I think about it, the more I realize dysphemism are insults?

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      What’s the other?

      I mean come on, demagoguery and populism shouldn’t be subsects of each other they practically are synonymous, but one has a more neutral connotation

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        They’re both negative. Scapegoating an outgroup is another form of demagoguery, so is decrying experienced political institutions as corrupt while claiming to be a reformer.

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          They’re both negative. Scapegoating an outgroup is another form of demagoguery, so is decrying experienced political institutions as corrupt while claiming to be a reformer.

          Pardon me if I find this confusing but this seems to be case of “There’s actually zero difference between bad and good things. without context

          Have you fully thought through your words to type this out? 😔

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              decrying experienced political institutions as corrupt while claiming to be a reformer.

              Someone can just see a theoretical event happening like that and just write and TITLE the news as:

              Man leads a pro-democracy movement against corrupt one-party-rule and its institutions

              That being said, scapegoating an outgroup is indeed a demagoguery

              Do you take me for bad-faith arguer?

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                No, I just think we’re having difficulty understanding each other. Or rather, I know I’m not understanding you and thus can’t tell whether you’re understanding me.

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                  Well, ykw, agree to disagree I’ll kill the convo right here, I’m sorry